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Uncal herniation secondary to bacterial meningitis in a newborn
S K Feske1, E J Carrazana, W J Kupsky
1Department of Neurology, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.
Pediatric Neurology
|March 1, 1992
Abstract:
A newborn with bilateral uncal herniation secondary to acute bacterial meningitis is reported. The findings of previous neuropathologic studies of neonatal bacterial meningitis are reviewed and the factors most likely responsible for the relative rarity of herniation in this disease in newborns are discussed.